Memory Lane-Elliott Smith

[00:18.63]This is the place you end up [00:20.30]When you lose the chase [00:22.17]Where you're dragged against your will [00:24.26]From a basement on the hill [00:26.96]And all anybody knows is [00:28.99]You're not like them [00:31.13]And they kick you in the head [00:33.96]And send you back to bed [00:36.70]Isolation pulled you past a tunnel to a bright [00:40.57]World where you can make a place to stay [00:44.98]But everybody's scared of this place [00:47.81]They're staying away [00:49.69]Your little house on memory lane [00:54.11]The mayor's name is fear [00:56.26]His voice patrols the pier [00:58.30]From a mountain of cliche [01:00.43]That advances every day [01:03.40]The doctor spoke a cloud [01:05.37]He rained out loud [01:06.99]You'll keep your doors and windows shut [01:09.80]And swear you'll never show a soul again [01:12.13]But isolation pushes you 'til every muscle aches [01:16.90]Down the only road it ever takes [01:21.35]But everybody's scared of this place [01:24.90]They're staying away [01:25.96]Your little house on memory lane [01:28.93]If it's your decision [01:29.97]To be open about yourself [01:33.24]Be careful or else [01:35.56]Be careful or else [01:40.78]I'm comfortable apart [01:42.75]It's all written on my chart [01:44.82]That I take what's given me [01:47.10]Most cooperatively [01:49.77]I do what people say [01:51.67]And lie in bed all day [01:53.72]Absolutely horrified [01:56.78]I hope you're satisfied [01:58.89]Isolation pushes past self-hatred, guilt and shame [02:02.92]To a place where suffering's just a game [02:08.20]But everybody's scared of this place [02:10.66]They're staying away [02:12.60]Your little house on memory lane [02:19.50]Your little house on memory lane